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World Service,11 Oct 2003,12 mins

Subsistance Farming is all in the Family

Lives and Times

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Since the beginning of civilisation, mankind has practised subsistence agriculture, with one family producing just enough for its own needs. This first programme in the series meets a family in Ghana to discover more about this timeless way of life in which "the family is just like a small company". Presented: Mike Gallagher.

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